Nigerians have lamented their inability to locate any visible point of sale of the N40,000 per kilogram bag of rice launched by the Federal Government on Thursday last week.
Recall that the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari initiated the sale of 30,000 metric tonnes of milled rice at a subsidized rate of N40,000 per 50kg bag in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
According to him, the initiative was part of President Bola Tinubu’s agenda to ensure that “Nigerians do not go to bed hungry.”
He stressed that only citizens with the National Identity Number can access the N40,000 bag of rice.
However, residents in Abuja lamented that they are yet to get the rice.
Benedicta Okoro, a civil servant in Kubwa said she couldn’t find any location in Abuja where the N40,000 per bag rice was sold.
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